Week 1

Strange things are happening. Thank goodness for the internet and information age. Twenty years ago, this could have been hushed up. But now, now there is a camera in almost every hand. So far, the mainstream media isn’t touching this one. I don’t know if it’s a ham fisted attempt at a cover up, or what. 

There is a disease spreading throughout major population centers. The details aren’t clear, yet. More information is coming in every few minutes, for those of us who know where to find it. Some of it is truly hard to believe, even given the reliability of my sources. It’s February, too early for some kind of April Fool’s joke, but what I am reading scares the shit out of me.

 
A little about me for those of you just tuning in. My name is Dave and I’m an urban hermit with OCD, and agoraphobia. A shut in, some would say. I’m in OK physical shape, but going beyond my threshold is something I do as little as possible. I do my shopping for a month and a half at a time, more in the winter. I have a generator so I don’t have to leave if the power goes out. Add to that 100 gallons of stabilized fuel. What do I do for a living, you ask? I’m a writer, duh….. 

Ok, CNN just broke the story as I was typing this. They are saying it seems to be some form of viral encephalitis. Initial symptoms similar to Creutzfeldt-Jakob. But that can’t be it. It is spreading too rapidly. There are only a handful of cases of CJD a year. I’m seeing reports of at least 15 infections worldwide, including 3 on US soil, within 24 hours of each other. Something tells me, the boys and girls in Atlanta (the CDC) are about to start working over time. Because this isn’t sounding like anything known to man.
Glad I did my stockpile recently. Things are about to get rough, methinks. If shit does get real, I can ration myself and probably squeeze 3 months out of my current stock. 

I doubt anybody is reading this, but just in case.. I’ll update when I get more information